Honey bee forage in Floweree, Montana

When is the honey flow in Floweree?

• First forage: Mar 16 (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion)
• Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31, peaking early Jun (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Season ends: Oct 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Floweree, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on May 16.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, peas; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), chick Peas, clovers: white, alsike and red, spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Fall honey (September to November): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), spotted and diffuse knapweed, clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber, likely to set over some months
• Whole season (March to November): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber, likely to set over some months

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Peas: about 156 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late May – early Jul (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Lentils: about 109 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Chickpeas: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Clover and wildflowers: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms early May – early Sep (grown 1 of the last 5 years)

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around Floweree

Mostly: Northwestern Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie; Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Steppe; Fallow / idle cropland.

Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river 0.27 mi NE; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.28 mi NE.

Things to watch

• Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 40% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).

How Floweree ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

Nearby

Carter 6 mi · Highwood 15 mi · Malmstrom AFB 17 mi · Black Eagle 17 mi · Fort Benton 19 mi · Great Falls 20 mi

All towns in Montana · National map · How the scoring works

An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021–2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of Floweree (47.7248, -111.0253); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.